I think it is simply disgraceful that Taylor is exploiting these tragedies to promote WUWMs agenda. Is the UFCW so hard up for memberships that they would use infant deaths to exploit people's emotions in an attempt to steer more money into UFCW coffers? That's in poor taste.

Yes, these cribs should not be on the market. But, Taylor places the blame squarely on the shoulders of the retailer, while seemingly giving the manufacturer of these cribs a free pass? Of course! The UFCW is not interested in unionizing the company who made these cribs, they are only interested in unionizing Walmart, hence the spin on the story.

If WUWM really wanted to keep these cribs off the market, they would call on the manufacturer to stop making them and pull them from all shelves and homes. But, there was no criticism of the manufacturer whatsoever in this blog. Isn't that odd? The company who sold them is the villain, but the company who designed and produced them is not even mentioned?

Walmart may ask manufacturers to lower their prices, but that does not give the manufacturer permission to create deadly products. What Taylor presents here is a logical fallacy intended to suspend reasoning and replace it with emotional outrage targeted at the enemy of the UFCW.

Retailers do not test the products they sell. No where in America is that the responsibility of the seller. Toyota built cars with a faulty accelerator. Toyota gets blamed for building them that way, the dealerships don't get blamed for selling them! Should the each dealership have put each car they sell through their own comprehensive testing (that would discover problems that the manufacturer's testing and federal inspectors did not uncover)? Hell no! That doesn't make any sense. So, why does Taylor think we are so dense that we could be convinced that it makes sense for any other company, such as Walmart?

Tell us, Taylor. Emotional exploitation aside, what should Walmart have done to prevent this? Should every store have a consumer product safety lab in the back? Go after the manufacturer if you really care about these tragedies.

Costco has a union. Here is a link to Costco's product recall page:
http://www.costco.com/service/featurepageleftnav.aspx?productno=10045085

You'll notice the recall of several items that are seen as a hazard to children. What is the difference? The answer is simple - none. The union advocated by this site would have no effect on this type of thing.

The truth is that Walmart could cure cancer and this site and its' advocates would try to find something wrong with it.

TC,

This site once criticized Walmart for offering $4 prescriptions, thus pressuring Target to offer $4 prescriptions. Their argument? Offering cheap medications would put other pharmacies out of business!

So, yes, WUWM would criticize Walmart if they cured cancer because it would put all the cancer treatment centers out of business.

Taylor has sunk to a new low with this one, though. Infant deaths are horrific. Instead of blaming the manufacturer, she defends them. She makes excuses for the company who put these deadly products on the market in an attempt to take a jab at Walmart. If Taylor and WUWM really wanted to keep these products off the market, they would stop them at the source, rather than protecting the source. They are actually so uninterested in holding the source accountable that they did not even name it in the blog! Instead, Taylor claims that the manufacturer only made deadly products because Walmart asked them to lower their prices! Absurd.

After falling flat on other campaigns (calling for a living wage, attacking WM health care, etc.), WUWM now seems focused on product recalls. They will fall flat there as well because, instead of actually doing something about dangerous products, they use tragic deaths as an opportunity to make a PR blitz against Walmart; even if it means defending the creators of those products. Sick.

Ike/Tc

You people just don't get it! Read the headline " Third Crib Recall in Four Months"
If wal-mart was serious about product safety they would take immediate action after the FIRST RECALL. Lazy bums at Bentonville would rather just keep taking products off the shelves than engage in meaningful product safety improvement policies. Why is it that no cribs are ever recalled from a furniture store? Could it be because furniture stores make a good quality product that costs a bit more?
The thugs of Bentonville got blood on their hands and I hope the customer sues the living daylights out of them.

EVERY WALMART SHOULD POST A SIGN ON THEIR DOORS
" SHOP AT YOUR OWN RISK, WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR PRODUCTS'

Steve,

You need to read *more* than just the headline! Each recall was for a different product. Should Walmart have stopped selling *all* cribs when one was recalled?

Also, please note the last sentence of the blog's first paragraph. It plainly states that these cribs are sold at other retailers.

Are you agreeing with the ridiculous notion that this is somehow the fault of the retailer instead of the fault of the manufacturer? Please explain that logic.

I'd ask you to name a retailer that has never had a recall, but I know you wouldn't; you'd just claim that it is personal information that you don't want to share with me!

Steve-

Furthermore, each recall involved a different crib manufacturer, not just a different product. If you're going to argue about one of these blogs, you should do more than just skim it.

Don't make the mistake of taking Taylor's written words at face value. I would guess that many of these blogs are intentionally structured to give people like you, who only skim through the article with a prejudicial anti-Walmart bias, a false impression of the truth. Taylor always leaves out information that is glaringly pertinent. For example, why not name the manufacturers of these cribs? Well, because you (and others like you) wouldn't mistakenly believe that this is the third recall of the same product if she did! Accuracy isn't too important in these blogs. The intent is simply to outrage the reader and plant the seed of hostility toward Walmart.

Steve-

Things aren't looking too good for your argument here. The more I dig, the more wrong you appear to be.

"The recalled cribs were sold at numerous LOCAL FURNITURE and retail stores including Buy Buy Baby, and Kmart and Walmart stores nationwide for between $60 and $160."

Source: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10134.html

The capitalization is my emphasis because I didn't want you to miss it in case you are just skimming my posts. Also, just for clarification...few furniture stores *make* cribs, as you claim. They buy them from manufacturers such as Simplicity, ChildESIGNS, and Stork Craft (the same manufacturers involved in the recall.)

I'm eager to read your rebuttal but, honestly, you're probably better off just walking away from this argument.

Steve and lke
let make Wal Mart recall lead posion Baby Cribe from China and please don't let Wal Mart sell lead posion Baby Cribe from China to Children that cause Brain Damage to Baby and please tell Wal Mart not to sell lead posion Furniture from China to Customer that cause Brain Damage to Customer

do you remember a few years ago around Christmas time when all throes toys from china had lead in them ? do you remember what they said on the news was the reason the toys had lead ? See the companies who buy the toys want them at a very low price and in order for the manufacture to give the toys to the companies at such a low price the manufacture has the use the lowest quality products which have lead to make the toys. so it is walmarts fault for demanding such a low price from the manufacture

wow. Poor Reporting. it doesn't mention which model or who else sells the recall. just likes to slam wal-mart. wal-mart isn't the only seller of defective product. target and other retailers, just sell the same cheap product for far more.

generally quality has gone up for less price in mid to high end stuff. It is crazy to think the lowest cost product will match better products for less.

Jason,

Get real. Just because Walmart asked the manufacturer to give them a lower price, doesn't give the manufacturer permission to make deadly products. Are you saying that the manufacturer *purposely* made deadly products in order to keep the costs down and it's all Walmart's fault? Are you, like Taylor, such an idealogue that you give the manufacturers a full pardon just so you can save all the blame for Walmart?

Maybe if Wake-Up Walmarters were a little more objective, this campaign might actually accomplish something.

Ph,

I agree that there is important information left out of this blog. If Taylor really wanted to keep these cribs out of people's houses then she should maybe.. I don't know... mention which cribs are dangerous so people will know to get rid of them!? Obviously, Taylor's concern is not keeping people safe from these deadly products, her concern is in trying to channel everyone's transgression toward Walmart.

I also agree with your other point, which refutes a point that Jason was trying to make. These cribs were sold everywhere at different prices. According to the faulty logic put forth by Jason and Steve, the more expensive cribs sold at other stores would have been safer (because those stores were paying more per unit.) Yet, those same more expensive cribs were also recalled... so I guess these manufacturers make faulty products no matter how much the store agrees to pay per unit!

Come on, Jason and Steve (and Taylor)! Do you actually believe these absurd excuses you are making for the manufacturer (you know, the company who actually MADE these things?)

Its called getting what you paid for. if you buy something at a low price it not going to be as good as if you buy something for more money. like you can buy Nike shoes for 60 bucks sure you can get shoes for 25 bucks but they wont be as durable and last as long as the 60 doller they are better than shoes that cost 25 bucks. i never said the manufacture wants to kill people. the manufacture has to give the product to the companies at such a low price the manufacture has to use the lowest quality stuff to make that product which has lead in it. just like with the shoes the 25 dollar shoes don't last as long because they are not made of the same high quality stuff as the Nike ones

Jason,

Not necessarily. Sometimes, you pay more because the store you bought it from has a higher profit margin, not because it is a better product. That's the case here. It doesn't matter if you bought this crib for $60 at Walmart or $80 at the local furniture store; it is equally dangerous no matter how much you paid for it. Therefore, the logic that you previously attempted to float has sunk. Walmart didn't force these manufacturers to design dangerous products. To believe that is to believe that the manufacturers deliberately designed unsafe products to cut costs in order to meet Walmart's demands. There are many ways to cut costs besides using inferior materials and design. The manufacturer chose to take that route, Walmart didn't force them down that route (since the cribs that weren't sold at Walmart are also being recalled.)

That brings up another point... do you think the manufacturer was only cutting costs as a response to Walmart's price demands? I think not. If they hadn't cut costs in order to lower the price per unit for Walmart, what makes you think they wouldn't have cut costs anyway simply to increase their own profits? That brings us back to my original point; blame the manufacturers.

BTW, I've had Nike shoes that fell apart pretty fast, too. What exactly is more "high quality" about the materials used in a Nike shoe? Nike shoes cost so much more because you are paying for the name. They spend a lot of money on advertising and they need to recoup those expenses.

Paying more is only "worth it" if you get an equal amount in return. Is the improved quality proportionate to the increased price? I'd buy two pairs of $25 shoes that last 6 months each than pay $60 for a pair of shoes that lasts 1 year. If you think things that cost more are automatically better, then I am sorry for you. It is value that matters.

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Safeway is unionized and they recently had a potato salad recall:

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_us_safeway_recall.html?source=mypi

PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway Inc. said Thursday it is voluntarily recalling potato salad products over concerns about possible salmonella contamination.

Safeway said the two red potato salad with dill products were sold in its deli department at Safeway, Vons, Pavilions and Carrs stores in 10 states in the West.

Customers who purchased the products are asked to discard them or return them for a refund.

Safeway said it is recalling the product after Reser's Fine Foods, the source of the products, announced its own voluntary recall.

Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems.
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Is that because unionized Safeway forced Reser's to make unsafe products? Hmmm?